Goodbye cottage, spent a lot less time here this summer but can't wait for our trip to Virginia Beach and New York City!

When the sun shines, and the temperature rises just a wee bit, it  really is quite a lovely place to be. On Sunday evening, we headed over to “the Port” (Portrush) for an icecream and a walk on the beach. The East Strand, also called Curran Strand, is stunning, and even on a warm evening…

Did you miss me? Did you even notice I was gone? I have received a few messages, wondering if I had fallen off the planet, but I just had a bloggy break. So what’s been happening? Well, I have just had the most wonderful weekend over in Bristol (in England, in case you are geographically…

Having had great success with Annie Sloan chalk paint on a shiny pine bookcase, so now it was time to target our hall table. Since last year and our hall makeover – changing our internal doors, adding some built-in storage and putting in a new bookcase, we really liked our hall, but had yet to…

It had finally arrived – our day at Discovery Cove. I “encouraged” the kids to get up early so we could arrive just after 7.30am – we were able to walk straight in to Reception and be registered – (TIP – photo id needed for adults but we had read that the night before so…

It’s that time again, for some more lessons learned. Since last week, here is what has been happening, and what lessons I have learned 1.  Our cat prefers to stay indoors when it snows (which isn’t often here in N Ireland), but kept a close eye on the snowman building 2. When a friend tells…